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Wed, Dec 11, 2024·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Anaheim Ducks 1, Ottawa Senators 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 79% of the time.

OTT winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA01001616132
OTT3191619534

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P1 2:55OTTNoah GregorAssists: Zack Ostapchuk, Nick Jensen · Wrist, 0.17 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:15OTTDrake BathersonPPGWGAssists: Tim Stützle, Jake Sanderson · Snap, 0.13 xG0–2
  3. P1 18:25OTTDrake BathersonPPAssists: Brady Tkachuk, Josh Norris · Wrist, 0.19 xG0–3
  4. P2 10:30OTTDrake BathersonUnassisted · Wrist, 0.01 xG0–4
  5. P3 8:58OTTBrady TkachukPPAssists: Drake Batherson, Tim Stützle · Bat, 0.20 xG0–5
  6. P3 12:42ANACutter GauthierAssists: Mason McTavish · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–5
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 7:49OTTMichael Amadio: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 9:49ANAPavel Mintyukov: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P1 9:54ANARadko Gudas: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P1 17:22ANAAlex Killorn: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 10:41OTTThomas Chabot: Interference2 min
  6. P2 18:34OTTJosh Norris: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 19:50OTTClaude Giroux: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 4:14ANABrett Leason: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 8:48ANARoss Johnston: Roughing2 min · PPG
  10. P3 8:48ANARoss Johnston: Misconduct10 min
  11. P3 14:51OTTRidly Greig: Slashing2 min
  12. P3 14:51ANARadko Gudas: Fighting5 min
  13. P3 14:51OTTTravis Hamonic: Fighting5 min

Replay

Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0OTT
43% to win57% to win
← ANA attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00McTavish won the faceoff against Norris
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAOTT
32Shots on goal34
2.1Expected goals3.9
53Shot attempts64
19Faceoffs won35
5Power plays5
25Penalty minutes15
37Hits23
15Blocked shots12
14Giveaways12
3Takeaways5

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestKillorn – Leason – Carlsson8:15

    xG 0.26–0.13 (66%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  2. McGinn – McTavish – Gauthier10:19

    xG 0.31–0.19 (62%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

  3. Strome – Vatrano – Terry10:56

    xG 0.29–0.72 (29%)attempts 10–17goals 0–1

  4. Johnston – Harkins – Lundeström5:53

    xG 0.02–0.61 (3%)attempts 1–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestFowler – Trouba10:07

    xG 0.42–0.33 (56%)attempts 17–12goals 0–2

  2. Fowler – Zellweger2:45

    xG 0.11–0.03 (78%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Trouba – Mintyukov2:39

    xG 0.11–0.26 (29%)attempts 3–3goals 1–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestCousins – Amadio – Pinto11:50

    xG 0.89–0.25 (78%)attempts 19–9goals 0–0

  2. Gregor – Greig – Ostapchuk4:07

    xG 0.47–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–2goals 1–0

  3. Norris – Batherson – Tkachuk9:33

    xG 0.30–0.24 (56%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0

  4. Giroux – Gaudette – Stützle9:45

    xG 0.15–0.14 (51%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJensen – Chabot16:08

    xG 1.39–0.56 (71%)attempts 25–17goals 2–1

  2. Hamonic – Sanderson10:53

    xG 0.57–0.21 (73%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  3. Bernard-Docker – Kleven12:51

    xG 0.09–0.16 (36%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.

OTT 3.9 xGANA 2.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTANA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

OTT's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line OTT is favoured, below it ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 13/100 · #1142 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.51 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 57% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +11 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 79% of the time.

OTT winsANA wins

Simulated goal difference (OTT − ANA), 10,000 replays

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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).